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to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
to be present; to be on the scene
HSK 5
online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level
HSK 7-9
hereto / here
(included) in it / among them
HSK 5
together
to care about / to mind
HSK 7-9
in Taiwan (used attributively)
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
HSK 7-9
ahead / formerly / in the past
to be alive
opposition party
in my opinion / in my view
outdoors
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
after this / afterwards / next
(of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing system 編制|编制, with full benefits and job security
before that / beforehand / previously
during time / in this time
under / myself (humble)
outer / excluded
meanwhile / at the same time
on-the-job training
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
near at hand / imminent / within sight
underneath
soul and spirit of the deceased
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
(attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc)
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
to be studying (at a school or research institute)
(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
to be unavoidable (idiom)
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
alongside / nearby
to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly
(Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])
to be at one's post
irrespective of / to have no concerns whatsoever about
before then / up until that point
reign (of a king, emperor etc)
at gunpoint
to be out of (political) office / to be out of power
after this / from then on
under construction
to be on the throne; to reign / to hold a particular leadership position
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
to be present
behind
in my opinion
pendente lite / during litigation
to be at large (of a criminal)
reasonable / sensible
within China / during one's visit to China
underground
(Tw) long-grained non-glutinous rice
in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
deeply
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
to possess / to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home


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